Frame for mix road/gravel use possible - SPcycle g056 build

[Kactusdog]

I have an SPCycle G068 frame coming in soon to build into basically this exact bike. I'll be running a 700c x 32 mm road wheelset and 650b x 52-ish mm gravel wheelset. The frame should be arriving sometime in the next month and will be built up right after I get it, so check the thread for that frame soon.

More generally, I think the prior suggestions for an Aspero copy or all-road bike are good ones if your riding is like 70/30 road/gravel or less, and has a fairly consistent ratio of road to gravel. My riding is more like 40/60 overall, but for any individual ride I can get anywhere from a 50/50 to 10/90 split on surface type (well, 100% road rides aren't hard to achieve but they aren't very appealing); thus, two wheelsets makes sense for my use case where I can choose my riding surface of choice. If this sounds similar to your riding then it might be worth looking into a 2 wheelset solution on a frame with larger tire clearance.

Very nice! This is the bike I am looking to go with next, please let me know how you find the tire clearance... I'm currently on a drop bar Epic HT with 2.2" Racekings. I'll likely keep the front tire, but go tanwall pathfinder 47 in the rear.

[Ludo]

Shopping cart is loaded for the sales, total before discount is $2100 with two sets of wheels, I may choose to do only one set though as I am not sure how much pure road I would be doing…
For the bar I went for a syncros creston not sure about gravel or road version though. I look at cheaper options but couldn’t find anything really inspiring, so open to suggestions

[Daviddavieboy]

Well you sold it, discussing colors with them…

 Can confirm the G056 is fast as hell. I have beat the crap out of it on single track and rocky fire roads and getting PRs on segments I set before covid on the road with the SuperSix I had. FWIW I have Spech Sawtooth tires and a Force AXS compact 2x chainset so I find myself spinning out down hill around 70KPH. This was on a hill with 4% avg and it felt very stable at speed ( https://www.strava.com/segments/25290783 ). It would be even faster on something steep. I love the bike but it IS a size too big for me as I am 6' and SHOULD have bought the medium.

[Ludo]

I am 6 too and they advise large.

[kubackje]

I am 6 too and they advise large.

I am 187cm and ride large with 110 -17 stem

[Ludo]

Hmmm, maybe medium wouldn’t be a bad choice then, because your drop is not crazy. First road frame for me, only be on mtb so it’s really a shit in the dark

[kubackje]

Hmmm, maybe medium wouldn’t be a bad choice then, because your drop is not crazy. First road frame for me, only be on mtb so it’s really a shit in the dark

I run saddle at 76 cm. so pretty low for my height

[Daviddavieboy]

  For my fit the large is too big. The bike feels to be around a 58 to 59 cm and on my pure road bikes a 56 with a 100 stem is more comfortable. I find when I get my setback right I am too stretched out and with the seat more forward there is too much forward weight and this is with a 90 mm stem/42cm bar combo. I have about 2000 km on the bike now and the bar tape is already worn on the bends of the bar. I think with a 80mm stem length the bike would be about perfect for me and handle even better for off road technical riding. Included a shot from the side to show my set up of the g056 with a 90mm stem but saddle about 1/2 cm too far forward for me. Saddle is a Prologo Scratch Pro standard length. Balance is not perfect but acceptable.

[Ludo]

Well the wheel/cassette combination is proving tricky! Mtb cassettes are MS, elite wheels or CSC seem to offer only the road spline for the 700C wheels as I am looking for 45-50mm depth rim. I have question waiting answers to both of them and Yuanan, we’ll see

[maza]

Well the wheel/cassette combination is proving tricky! Mtb cassettes are MS, elite wheels or CSC seem to offer only the road spline for the 700C wheels as I am looking for 45-50mm depth rim. I have question waiting answers to both of them and Yuanan, we’ll see

Why don't you just buy HG cassette if finding suitable wheels with MS is tricky?

[Ludo]

That’s what I will end up doing but didn’t find any trusted HG in 10/11 - 40/45 12s  so far

[Ludo]

Well, everything is ordered, now just need patience for everything to show up! Thanks guys for your help.
I will put together the build sheet either in top of that thread if I can retitle it or in a build thread, definitely not the budget build it was supposed to be...

[Ludo]

1st post updated with build list

[swhelan]

Is the G058 frame very similar to the CWinds G30 frame? I’m in the process of ordering a frame and building a gravel bike as well. I’m new to all this, will be my first gravel bike.

[swhelan]

I just finished the cervelo clone build and I think it would make a great hybrid. It has a an aggressive aero position perfect for the road.

What frame is that? It’s a clone of the Cervélo?